Fantasy Football Week 4 RB Rankings: Rex Burkhead Shines

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 4 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss the potential loss of Chris Carson from lineups, as well as how to handle Rex Burkhead amid his breakout performance.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 4 RB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Running Back Outlook Week 4

In typical Rex Burkhead (RB30) fashion, the New England Patriots running back exploded out of the blue to finish Week 3 as RB2 thanks to three total touchdowns and 34.80 fantasy points. Rostered in just 11% of Yahoo leagues, Burkhead will be a hot add this week. With that said, we have to remember what type of player and offense we are dealing with here. Despite his stellar performance, Burkhead has still not carried the football more than seven times in a single game this season and had scored no more than 8.90 fantasy points prior to this past Sunday.

The positives; he’s totaled 16 targets in the passing game over the past two weeks. However, that’s expected to change once James White returns, which could be as early as this week. The last time both running backs were active, Burkhead didn’t see a single pass come his way. Speaking of returning to the lineup, the much-hyped Damien Harris is eligible to come off of IR this week adding yet another back set to eat into Burkhead’s touches, along with Sony Michel who is fresh off his first 100-yard performance since the 2018 playoffs.

NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport has reported that despite Chris Carson‘s (RB10) knee sprain, the Seahawks should “have him back on the field shortly.” If Carson’s good to go he’s automatically an RB1 across all formats. This year’s RB9 in fantasy faces off with a Miami defense that allowed 30.90 points to UDFA James Robinson last Thursday. If for whatever reason Carson can’t go, expect a split between Carlos Hyde (RB36) and Travis Homer (RB52), slightly favoring the former. Rookie DeeJay Dallas (RB67) should also see some run.

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Week 4 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

1. • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

2. #	Running Backs TEAM	Opp.
   1	Alvin Kamara NO	@ DET
   2	Dalvin Cook MIN	@ HOU
   3	Ezekiel Elliott DAL	vs. CLE
   4	Austin Ekeler LAC	@ TB
   5	Aaron Jones GB	vs. ATL
   6	Josh Jacobs LV	vs. BUF
   7	Derrick Henry TEN	BYE*
   8	Jonathan Taylor IND	@ CHI
   9	James Conner PIT	BYE*
   10	Chris Carson SEA INJ	@ MIA
   11	James Robinson JAC	@ CIN
   12	Nick Chubb CLE	@ DAL
   13	Devin Singletary BUF	@ LV
   14	C, Edwards-Helaire KC	vs. NE
   15	Miles Sanders PHI	@ SF
   16	Kenyan Drake ARI	@ CAR
   17	Darrell Henderson LAR	vs. NYG
   18	Mike Davis CAR	vs. ARI
   19	Melvin Gordon DEN	@ NYJ
   20	Myles Gaskin MIA	vs. SEA
   21	David Johnson HOU	vs. MIN
   22	Joe Mixon CIN	vs. JAC
   23	Todd Gurley ATL	@ GB
   24	Raheem Mostert SF INJ	vs. PHI
   25	Mark Ingram II BAL	@ WAS
   26	Jerick McKinnon SF	vs. PHI
   27	Kareem Hunt CLE	@ DAL
   28	David Montgomery CHI	vs. IND
   29	Antonio Gibson WAS	vs. BAL
   30	Rex Burkhead NE	@ KC
   31	Nyheim Hines IND	@ CHI
   32	J.K. Dobbins BAL	@ WAS
   33	Joshua Kelley LAC	@ TB
   34	James White NE pers.	@ KC
   35	Adrian Peterson DET	vs. NO
   36	Carlos Hyde SEA	@ MIA
   37	Ronald Jones II TB	vs. LAC
   38	Frank Gore NYJ	vs. DEN
   39	Leonard Fournette TB INJ	vs. LAC
   40	Malcolm Brown LAR	vs. NYG
   41	Sony Michel NE	@ KC
   42	Devonta Freeman NYG	@ LAR
   43	Phillip Lindsay DEN INJ	@ NYJ
   44	Latavius Murray NO	@ DET
   45	D’Andre Swift DET	vs. NO
   46	Chase Edmonds ARI	@ CAR
   47	Cam Akers LAR INJ	vs. NYG
   48	Jeff Wilson Jr. SF	vs. PHI
   49	Zack Moss BUF INJ	@ LAR
   50	Benny Snell Jr. PIT	BYE*
   51	Duke Johnson HOU INJ	vs. MIN
   52	Travis Homer SEA	@ MIA
   53	Dion Lewis NYG	@ LAR
   54	Damien Harris NE INJ	@ KC
   55	Wayne Gallman NYG	@ LAR
   56	Jordan Howard MIA	vs. SEA
   57	Kerryon Johnson DET	vs. NO
   58	Jamaal Williams GB	vs. ATL
   59	Alexander Mattison MIN	@ HOU
   60	Chris Thompson JAC	@ CIN
   61	Anthony McFarland PIT	BYE*
   62	Brian Hill ATL	@ GB
   63	Kalen Ballage NYJ	vs. DEN
   64	Giovani Bernard CIN	vs. JAC
   65	Royce Freeman DEN	@ NYJ
   66	La’Mical Perine NYJ	vs. DEN
   67	DeeJay Dallas SEA	@ MIA
   68	Boston Scott PHI	@ SF
   69	Tyler Ervin GB	vs. ATL
   70	JD McKissic WAS	vs. BAL
   71	Jordan Wilkins IND	@ CHI
   72	LeSean McCoy TB	vs. LAC
   73	Devontae Booker LV	vs. BUF
   74	Peyton Barber WAS	vs. BAL
   75	Tony Pollard DAL	vs. CLE
   76	Jalen Richard LV	vs. BUF
   77	Gus Edwards BAL	@ WAS
   78	J.J. Taylor NE	@ KC
   79	Matt Breida MIA	vs. SEA
   80	A.J. Dillon GB	vs. ATL
   81	Patrick Laird MIA	vs. SEA
   82	Corey Clement PHI	@ SF
   83	Kyle Juszczyk SF	vs. PHI
   84	Darrynton Evans TEN	BYE*
   85	Justin Jackson LAC	@ TB
   86	Ito Smith ATL	@ GB

1. *Check out our Week 4 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Ems to further optimize your lineups
2. Start-Sit [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

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